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Jimmy Kimmel discusses his role in the Oscars Best Picture mishap

Jimmy Kimmel has broken down his role in the Oscars' Best Picture fiasco last night.

The first-time Oscars host said it felt like a "Maury Povich paternity test show" when the producers of La La Land were told mid-acceptance speech that they had been mistakenly read out as Best Picture over the real winner, Moonlight.

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who were co-stars in the iconic 1967 crime film Bonnie and Clyde, had been handed an envelope which contained the results from Best Female Performance, which went to Emma Stone.

Kimmel said "Clyde threw Bonny under the bus" when Beatty made Dunaway read out the incorrect name, but Kimmel was sitting in the audience with Matt Damon and had no idea of the stuff-up until a commotion broke out on stage.

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"So Moonlight was the best picture and now we have the producers of two movies on stage and who the hell even knows who is who from which movie and I am standing there like an idiot feeling bad for these guys but also trying really hard not to laugh"

Kimmel looked down and noticed Denzel Washington desperately trying to get his attention before yelling "Barry" and motioning toward the director of Moonlight.

"Denzel wants me to get him to the microphone to make a speech, which made sense. Thank God Denzel was there to make sense."

But that only momentarily diverted the spotlight as everyone started looking at Kimmel, a known prankster, for answers.

"As I walked off stage people started speculating, people around me are saying ' did you pull a prank of some kind?'

"If I pulled a prank by the way I would not have the wrong winners name on the envelope, they would have opened it and it would have been like a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon in the envelope. "

Taking on the role of lead detective, he tracked down Beatty and questioned him about the envelope. When he looked inside he saw a card bearing Emma Stone's name, while she was simultaneously telling reporters she was holding that specific card – throwing more fuel on the fire.

"Well it turns out they both had the card," Kimmel clarified.

"For whatever reason they have two of each card in the envelope. There's a regular envelope and a backup envelope just to make it more confusing.

"So the accountants gave Warren the wrong card and they apologised for it today so it wasn’t Warren Beatty. "